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The Gunboat Oster Riisoer 3 is as far as I know the only existing replica of a gunboat from the Napoleonic Wars in the world. The boat is made after original drawings from 1810, and is located in the town of Risor on the South East coast of Norway.

Risør is like most of the coastal towns in the south east part of Norway strongly connected to the sea and seatrade. At the end of the 19th century Risor was Norways fourth largest seaport with a fleet of 93 ships, and close to a thousand crewmembers was registered in the Risor district. If you take a stroll in the towns romantic athmosphere, you will find that it has retainen much of its 19th century character, and it is easy to get a feel to the haydays of sail.